PucG

• Description: (S)-ureidoglycine-glyoxylate aminotransferase
  
  

Gene name	pucG
Synonyms	yurG
Essential	no
Product	(S)-ureidoglycine-glyoxylate aminotransferase
Function	purine utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Purine catabolism, Nucleotides (regulation)
MW, pI	45 kDa, 5.42
Gene length, protein length	1248 bp, 416 aa
Immediate neighbours	pucA, pucF
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU32520

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of nucleotides

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: transamination between an unstable intermediate ((S)-ureidoglycine) and the end product of purine catabolism (glyoxylate) to yield oxalurate and glycine PubMed

• Protein family: class-V pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 3ISL PubMed

• UniProt: O32148

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: pucF-pucG PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced in the presence of purine nucleotides (inducer: allantoin) (PucR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • PucR: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Ileana Ramazzina, Roberto Costa, Laura Cendron, Rodolfo Berni, Alessio Peracchi, Giuseppe Zanotti, Riccardo Percudani
An aminotransferase branch point connects purine catabolism to amino acid recycling.
Nat Chem Biol: 2010, 6(11);801-6
[PubMed:20852637] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Lars Beier, Per Nygaard, Hanne Jarmer, Hans H Saxild
Transcription analysis of the Bacillus subtilis PucR regulon and identification of a cis-acting sequence required for PucR-regulated expression of genes involved in purine catabolism.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(12);3232-41
[PubMed:12029039] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A C Schultz, P Nygaard, H H Saxild
Functional analysis of 14 genes that constitute the purine catabolic pathway in Bacillus subtilis and evidence for a novel regulon controlled by the PucR transcription activator.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(11);3293-302
[PubMed:11344136] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)